26 Black Panthers walk into California State Legislature in Sacramento carrying loaded guns to read a political statement

12-17 Jul 1967

Newark, New Jersey

26

1500

CRI

black riots

23-30 Jul 1967

Detroit, Michigan

43

2000

CRI

black riots

4 Apr 1968

Memphis, Tennessee

1

0

TER-right

Martin Luther King Jr. shot and killed by James Earl Ray

5 Jun 1968

Los Angeles, California

1

0

TER

Robert Kennedy shot by Jordanian Sinhan Bishara Sirhan, died 6 Jun

1 Jun 1969

Sacramento, California

0

13

TER-left

gunfight at Black Panther Party headquarters, injures 13 policemen

7 Aug 1969

New York City, New York

0

20

TER-left

bombing of Marine Midland Building

6 Mar 1970

New York City, New York

3

0

TER-left

three killed, apparently while building bombs for Weathermen

17 Mar 1970

Boston, Massachusetts

1

1

TER

Eastern Airlines flight hijacked; copilot shot and killed

24 Aug 1970

Madison, Wisconsin

1

0

TER-left

bombing at Sterling Hall kills scientist at University of Wisconsin; bomb planted in protest of Vietnam War

1 Nov 1970

Fort Detrick, Maryland

0

0

THW

US Army learns of Weathermen plot to blackmail homosexual officer at Fort Detrick, MD, to steal a biological weapon for use in the water supply of a major city

1 Mar 1971

Washington, DC

0

0

TER-left

Weather Underground bombing of Senate wing of U.S. Capitol

20 Oct 1971

New York City, New York

0

0

TER

JDL members fire into apartment occupied by members of Soviet UN delegation

1 Jan 1972

Chicago, Illinois

0

0

THW

two teenagers, members of RISE, arrested for plotting to introduce typhoid bacteria into Chicago water supply

22 Jan 1972

Saint Louis, Missouri

2

0

TER-left

two police officers killed

26 Jan 1972

New York City, New York

2

13

TER

Jewish Defense League firebombs two Sol Hurok offices; one killed at each location, with 13 total additional injuries

27 Jan 1972

New York City, New York

2

0

TER-left

Black Liberation Army kills 2 police officers

7 Mar 1972

New York City, New York

0

0

THW

caller threatens to bomb four TWA airliners, one every 6 hours, unless a $2,000,000 ransom was paid; caller stated bomb was aboard TWA Flight 7 en route from New York City to Los Angeles; flight returned to New York City and the bomb defused

8 Mar 1972

Las Vegas, Nevada

0

0

TER

additional attack on TWA airliner; bomb exploded in emptied airliner in Las Vegas following its arrival from New York City

Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam secretary killed by members of Fuqra, a black Islamic sect; 2 members killed setting fire in AMI temple

7 Nov 1983

Washington, DC

0

0

TER

bombing at U.S. Capitol building; later linked to Revolutionary Armed Task Force

1 Dec 1983

Seattle, Washington

0

0

THW

authorities prevent attempt by pro-Khomeini students to set fire to theater where 500 anti-Khomeini Iranians were attending a singing performance

31 Dec 1983

New York City, New York

0

1

TER-natl

FALN bombings at federal and city buildings; 1 policeman injured

1 Apr 1984

New York

0

0

THW

two Canadians arrested in NY attempting to purchase large amounts of pathogenic bacteria (tetanus and botulinal toxin) from a Rockville, MD, firm

18 Jul 1984

San Ysidro, California

22

19

CRI

shooting attack at McDonalds restaurant

18 Jul 1984

Denver, Colorado

1

0

TER-right

Alan Berg killed by white supremacists

29 Aug 1984

The Dalles, Oregon

0

2

TER-rel

followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh use water to infect two officials with salmonella; both sickened, one hospitalized

9-19 Sep 1984

The Dalles, Oregon

0

751

TER-rel

salmonella poisoning in restaurants by followers of Bhadwan Shree Rajneesh

7 Dec 1984

Whidbey Island, Washington

1

0

TER-right

Robert Matthews, leader of The Order, a right-wing group, killed in raid by federal agents

25 Dec 1984

Pensacola, Florida

0

0

TER-right

three abortion clinics bombed

1 Apr 1985

New York City, New York

0

0

THW

letter writer threatens to contaminate New York City's water reservoirs with plutonium unless charges against Bernhard Goetz are dropped; testing was announced to have detected femtocurie levels of plutonium in the water on 26 July

Branch Davidian cult members kill 4 ATF agents, injure 16, when agents raided their compound in Waco, TX; 10 cult members killed; compound was sieged until 19 Apr when another raid was attempted and the compound burned down

10 Mar 1993

Pensacola, Florida

1

0

TER-right

abortionist David Gunn shot and killed by abortion opponent

22 Jun 1993

Tiburon, California

0

1

TER-unab

bomb injures scientist from University of California

24 Jun 1993

New Haven, Connecticut

0

1

TER-unab

bomb injures professor at Yale University

24 Jun 1993

New York City, New York

0

0

THW

Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and others arrested for role in World Trade Center bombing, thwarting plans to bomb United Nation Headquarters, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, the George Washington Bridge, and FBI offices in New York City

1 Jul 1993

Los Angeles, California

0

0

THW

FBI arrests skinheads planning to machine gun worshippers at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles in hopes of starting a race war

letter bombs received at Egyptian newspaper offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and a prison in Leavenworth Kansas; similar device exploded at Egyptian newspaper office in London, UK, injuring 2 guards

shooting attack at restaurant, killing 4 (2 died immediately, 2 died later of injuries) and injuring 7 others; casualties included 3 Nevada National Guard soldiers killed and 2 injured; gunman also died of self-inflicted wounds

20 Jul 2012

Aurora, Colorado

12

58

CRI

shooting attack at movie theater; suspect was arrested afterwards; suspect had booby-trapped his nearby apartment with explosives which were successfully disarmed by police

6 killed, 4 injured in shooting attack at a Sikh temple shortly before worship service on Sunday morning; one of those injured was a police officer, another was president of the temple; the gunman was shot and killed at the scene by police

2 police officers killed, 1 injured while investigating attack that injured another officer; 7 arrested, 2 of whom were injured in the shootout; several of those arrested had ties to the sovereign citizen movement

two letters testing positive for ricin mailed to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker and President Obama are found at mail screening facilities; a third letter to an official in Mississippi was awaiting testing; an individual in Mississippi is arrested and charged in the case

18-19 Apr 2013

Watertown, Massachusetts

2

2

TER-islm

1 police officer killed, one injured during manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers; one terrorist killed and one injured and captured

12 May 2013

New Orleans, Louisiana

0

19

CRI

two gunmen fired on crowds at Mother's Day parade; 19 injured, including 2 children

vehicular attack injured one civilian; driver was fatally shot by off-duty police officer who was injured during struggle

14 Feb 2018

Parkland, Florida

17

25

CRI

a former student entered a high school, shooting and killing 14 students and 3 staff; 25 others were injured

2-21 Mar 2018

Austin, Texas

3

5

CRI

multiple package bombings in Austin area: bombing at a house on 2 March killed 1; two bombings at houses on 12 March killed one 17-year-old and injured two adults; bombing on residential sidewalk on 18 March injured 2; package explosion at shipping facility in Schertz on 20 March injured 1; bomber killed himself in explosion on 21 March, also injuring one police officer

12 Mar 2018

Palm Beach, Florida

1

3

TER-islm

teenager fatally stabbed a 13-year-old and stabbed two others, including one other 13-year-old

22 Mar 2018

Travis AFB, California

1

0

THW

attacker in a minivan carrying propane tanks drove through gate at Travis AFB and crashed, killing himself

27 Oct 2018

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

11

7

TER

shooting attack on Jewish worshippers at a synagogue; 4 police officers among those injured; terrorist was shot and arrested

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